Niedergesteln
Sign in to saveNiedergesteln is a municipality in the district of Raron in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Niedergesteln
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Gestelnburg1.jpg
- Swiss town.image_caption
- Ruins of Gestelnburg above Niedergesteln village
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- CHE Niedergesteln COA.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- CHE Niedergesteln Flag.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Valais
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-VS
- Swiss town.district
- Raron
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 3942
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 6198
- Swiss town.area
- 17.4
- Swiss town.elevation
- 639
- Swiss town.population
- 616
- Swiss town.populationof
- December 2002
- Swiss town.popofyear
- 2002
- Swiss town.website
- www.niedergesteln.ch
- Swiss town.mayor
- Josef Pfammatter
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Niedergesteln is a municipality in the district of Raron in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
==History== thumb|Aerial view (1955) Niedergesteln is first mentioned around 1179-84 as Chastellon. In 1224 it was mentioned as Castellion. The municipality was formerly known by its French name Châtillon-le-Bas, however, that name is no longer used.